The Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board late yesterday announced three key contracts: McKinsey & Co. was retained as the panel’s temporary strategic consultant…. Read More

Worth Repeating

“This is not primarily about Puerto Rico, but about the rest of us. What are our values? What is our culture? How can we make one America in a world and a nation ever more diverse?”
President Bill Clinton, Democratic Governors Association Dinner, February 23, 1998

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Statehood Wins

In November 2012, the people of Puerto Rico voted to end their island’s status as a territory of the United States. The ballot consisted of two questions, and the results were as follows:

Do you agree that Puerto Rico should continue to have its present form of territorial status?

Yes: 46%

No: 54%

Irrespective of your answer to the first question, indicate which of the following non-territorial options you prefer.

This is an important issue for all Americans, and there is still a long process ahead. The Puerto Rico Report provides news and analysis about Puerto Rico’s rejection of their status as a U.S. territory and the next steps in this historic change.